B5605 crash in Wrexham on 23 December 1995 at 01:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5605 in Wrexham at 01:20 on Saturday 23 December 1995. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 20-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 1995
- Saturday, 01:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00943, longitude -3.04323, in the LL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhosllannerchrugog.
Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995600D09075
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5605
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5426
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1988.
Slight
Lorry crash on the B5605 in Wrexham, 1 August 1988
At the same spotRef 1988600D09048
Fatal
Car crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 20 November 1984
At the same spotRef 1984600D09073
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 1 April 1982
At the same spotRef 1982600D09024
Slight
Leyland crash on the B5605 in Wrexham, 13 January 1992
At the same spotRef 1992600D09003
Slight
Car crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 5 January 1985
At the same spotRef 1985600D09001
Slight
Car crash on the B5605 in Wrexham, 10 December 1987
At the same spotRef 1987600D09079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1995600D09075 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wrexham road accident statistics for 1995.